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obama called it a voucher. are there other things we should do? >> i tell you, 18 years in the senate, we tried desperately to do something with healthcare. we had a good bipartisan group. we met once a week. and the reality is, your congress people don't understand the situation. nobody understands the situation. so they have done this piecemeal stuff 37 we said, look, you can't let it go over 1% of gdp. can you go in there and find fat but no one will ever say that or you get ripped to shreds by the aarp and senior groups and everybody else. we were specific in what we said, about 400 billion -- trillion. 400 trillion we hammered around in there. all you have to know is that regardless of what you call it, it can't possibly work because you've got it take care of 3-year-old of the preexisting condition that may live to be 60. have you one person in america that weighs more than the other two. you have diabetes a and b. penn people doing drugs, boods and tobacco and aren't going into a wellness program. ten million a day turning 65. you have to h
obama called it a voucher. are there other things we should do? >> i tell you, 18 years in the senate, we tried desperately to do something with healthcare. we had a good bipartisan group. we met once a week. and the reality is, your congress people don't understand the situation. nobody understands the situation. so they have done this piecemeal stuff 37 we said, look, you can't let it go over 1% of gdp. can you go in there and find fat but no one will ever say that or you get ripped to...
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. >> of course, president barack obama is also saying we need new tax revenue as part of a followup dahle deal and today alan simpson and erskine bowles said they want even more cut than they had asked for before. while agreeing with the president on revenue, errse the former clinton white house chief of staff says he needs to push both sides. >> we're going to have to push the white house on health care. push the republicans on revenue. what we've tried to do is make enough cuts in health care to slow the rate of growth on a per capita basis to the rate of the growth in the economy. in our opinion that takes $600 billion to do over a ten-year period. >> reporter: maria, even if erskine bowles and alan simpson are successful in that, it's not likely to be before march 1st. this is all happening in public. private negotiations are not going on it. may be, as erskine bowles and alan simpson suggested today, that we need a public backlash from the consequences of some of those sequester cuts before there's enough heat for washington to make a deal. >> deja vu again. these speeches sound more
. >> of course, president barack obama is also saying we need new tax revenue as part of a followup dahle deal and today alan simpson and erskine bowles said they want even more cut than they had asked for before. while agreeing with the president on revenue, errse the former clinton white house chief of staff says he needs to push both sides. >> we're going to have to push the white house on health care. push the republicans on revenue. what we've tried to do is make enough cuts in...
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. >> when was the last time you talked to president obama? >> well, certainly erskine was close by, and he goes up and he checks with me after they have their conversation. i think personally i talk with joe biden on the phone. i've known joe for 30 years, greg bell. we don't always agree but a good man. and i love him. but, you know, personally i suppose a year and a half or something since i've personally talked the president. erskine has that ability to do close by and then he checks with me. >> when was the last thing you talked to the president? >> right before the election. i talked to vice president biden since the election, and i talked to members of the white house team constantly, you know, whether it's been jack lew or gene sperling or -- >> it's pretty remarkable you have not talked to the president since the election. why is that? >> i don't think it's remarkable. having worked in the white house, these guys got a lot on your plate. this is one of the things on the plate but they've got plenty to do. give joe biden were president
. >> when was the last time you talked to president obama? >> well, certainly erskine was close by, and he goes up and he checks with me after they have their conversation. i think personally i talk with joe biden on the phone. i've known joe for 30 years, greg bell. we don't always agree but a good man. and i love him. but, you know, personally i suppose a year and a half or something since i've personally talked the president. erskine has that ability to do close by and then he...
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the republicans have obama on the hook. he is the one -- he is dying inside because he is a spender. for him, this is the worst week of his life. they do not even see it. it is ridiculous. they are going to kick the can down the road once again. host:, for the call. a lot of people expressing their views on our twitter page. we encourage you to share in the conversation. one saying sequestration is that incompetence and politics as usual will eventually buy to in the rear. if you're listening on c-span radio, we're asking you, one week into sequestration, will it happen? from this morning's new york times, david brooks writes about the d.c. dubstep -- the blame game continues. the republicans say this was the president's idea. the president had this to say -- [video clip] >> congress passed a law that a global parties cannot about -- could -- cannot come up with a planned to avert the $1 trillion, arbitrary budget cuts would start to take effect this year. the whole design of these arbitrary cuts was to make them so unattra
the republicans have obama on the hook. he is the one -- he is dying inside because he is a spender. for him, this is the worst week of his life. they do not even see it. it is ridiculous. they are going to kick the can down the road once again. host:, for the call. a lot of people expressing their views on our twitter page. we encourage you to share in the conversation. one saying sequestration is that incompetence and politics as usual will eventually buy to in the rear. if you're listening...
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president obama, are you listening? >> four years since rick santelli started the tea party for all intents and purposes. we'll find out what he thinks now when "squawk on the street" continues. [ male announcer ] we began with the rx. ♪ then we turned the page, creating the rx hybrid. ♪ now we've turned the page again with the rx f sport. ♪ this is the next chapter for the rx and the next chapter for lexus. this is the pursuit of perfection. with fidelity's new options platform, we've completely integrated every step of the process, making it easier to try filters and strategies... to get a list of equity options... evaluate them with our p&l calculator... and execute faster with our more intuitive trade ticket. i'm greg stevens and i helped create fidelity's options platform. it's one more innovative reason serious investors are choosing fidelity. now get 200 free trades en you open an account. but i am your rmarket data. i know what you're looking for. i'm not chained to your desk anymore. i'm faster and smarte
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as it obama's -- president obama's decision to delay on the keystone. mr. harper implement a major pivot and a canadian trade policy away from the united states and toward china. he dropped the keystone as a party and picked up another pipeline, nor the way, which seeks to ship oil to the specific coast so we can go to china -- to the pacific coast so we can go to china. there is possibility president obama can fix the relationship by deciding to proceed with the key some pipeline but there's also a possibility is too late. and that our government has moved on. from what i have read, the decision the president has to make is tricky. it is not clear how it will go. does that sound right to you? >> when i look at the future of canada-u.s. relations, i see it as two separate planes and they go in the opposite directions. the best analogy is that they are headed towards an open marriage. you have these two partners and they started out with this great, fat wedding. a great honeymoon, everything was great and exciting. now we are at a point where people are look
as it obama's -- president obama's decision to delay on the keystone. mr. harper implement a major pivot and a canadian trade policy away from the united states and toward china. he dropped the keystone as a party and picked up another pipeline, nor the way, which seeks to ship oil to the specific coast so we can go to china -- to the pacific coast so we can go to china. there is possibility president obama can fix the relationship by deciding to proceed with the key some pipeline but there's...
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. >> the pressure cooker, president obama tries to turn up the heat on congress again. this time it's because there are just days left before those automatic spending cuts kick in. will a public push help the deal come together or just make everybody dig in their heels? meanwhile, the dynamic debt dee owe the simpson-bowles, they have a revised blueprint for a deal they say will cost $1 trillion more than it would in 2010. they're going to be here later to tell us about it. and will there be a path back to public life for mark sanford? the former governor wants to head back to grease. good morning from new york. it's tuesday, february 19th, 2013. this is "the daily rundown." i'm chuck todd. keep sending in your good morning greetings. we didn't have arable ones for today, but we want to hear from everybody that's watching today. let's get right to my first reads of the morning. with ten days left to prevent $5 billion in automatic spending cuts for the year kicking in, today we're going to get a taste of the president's end game. the white house plans to use that to at
. >> the pressure cooker, president obama tries to turn up the heat on congress again. this time it's because there are just days left before those automatic spending cuts kick in. will a public push help the deal come together or just make everybody dig in their heels? meanwhile, the dynamic debt dee owe the simpson-bowles, they have a revised blueprint for a deal they say will cost $1 trillion more than it would in 2010. they're going to be here later to tell us about it. and will there...
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obama will make a difference this time. i asked him to stop the unconditional support for one side against the other because it does not help us. we will continue to fight each other because of this, so please be objective, the pro-palestine and pro-israel, and the pro- peace 3 >> we set at the top there is talk of the starting a third intifada. do you think that is accurate? >> for many months the situation in palestine is very bad. the behavior of the israeli occupation became more aggressive. arafat jaradat is from my village. it is too much. it is too much the palestinian people have no hope. we cannot continue living under the spur occupation this way without any hope -- under this occupation, this way without anr common enemy, israeli occupation, we must join forces, israelis and palestinians. >> rami elhanan, you lost your daughter as did bassam aramin. do you share his views on this? what would an israeli- palestinian intifada look like? >> i certainly do, with all my heart. i think we both paid the highest price in
obama will make a difference this time. i asked him to stop the unconditional support for one side against the other because it does not help us. we will continue to fight each other because of this, so please be objective, the pro-palestine and pro-israel, and the pro- peace 3 >> we set at the top there is talk of the starting a third intifada. do you think that is accurate? >> for many months the situation in palestine is very bad. the behavior of the israeli occupation became...
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mitch mcconnell, john boehner know that, and president obama knows that. what you are seeing now is the positioning for the fight after the sequester kicks in. there will be some initial pain felt, particularly by federal workers. some in the defense industry. remember, this is $1.2 trillion in duts over a decade. a lot of this stuff can be averted even if the sequester does initially kick in. what are you seeing both sides do, particularly president obama, is positioning for the debate to come and basically saying it's their fault, i told them this was going to be hurtful for the american economy and worker. it is so that he anchors those negotiations with a political upper hand to get more of what he wants out of this deal. >> and we do have this breaking news that the white house has now announced that the president today met with general john allen and accepted his resignation, his retirement. he will not be the nato supreme allied commander. he had been nominated, and they had told us only five or six days ago that he was still -- the pentagon still w
mitch mcconnell, john boehner know that, and president obama knows that. what you are seeing now is the positioning for the fight after the sequester kicks in. there will be some initial pain felt, particularly by federal workers. some in the defense industry. remember, this is $1.2 trillion in duts over a decade. a lot of this stuff can be averted even if the sequester does initially kick in. what are you seeing both sides do, particularly president obama, is positioning for the debate to come...
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. >> president obama didn't say which country had been plunged into darkness by computer hackers, but we found out. it was brazil. we also found out that hackers have been infiltrating everything from our defense networks to the financial systems. bank robbers are now stealing more money with computers than they are with guns. >> this map is showing a visual representation of where all of the known infections of conficker are across the world. >> computer analysts say it's like a sleeper cell, and it may be poised to suck sensitive data out of millions and millions of computers. >> it takes time to read the manuals. i'm gonna save you that time. 'cause i stay home on saturday nights and read them for you. >> you and the rest of the geeks? >> there's millions of us out there. >> everybody, let's hear it! geek squad! [cheering] >> welcome to 60 minutes on cnbc. i'm steve kroft. in this edition, we take a look at technology. we examine how breaches in digital security threaten everything from weapons systems to bank accounts. plus, we meet the mr. fix-its of the geek world. we begin with
. >> president obama didn't say which country had been plunged into darkness by computer hackers, but we found out. it was brazil. we also found out that hackers have been infiltrating everything from our defense networks to the financial systems. bank robbers are now stealing more money with computers than they are with guns. >> this map is showing a visual representation of where all of the known infections of conficker are across the world. >> computer analysts say it's...
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what do you think it will be if it is not president obama? >> at the beginning of president clinton's first two is now is the opportune time. what we need to do is to quit complaining and pushed these guys to make the compromise they have to make in order to get something real but that puts our fiscal house in order. >> he spent hours and days in his work, the last person to balance the budget in the united states, by working with newt gingrich and dick armey. he often says he only won, but he is that kind of savvy, mr. steady, if he cannot at ayer admired and deeply, watched him, he is a tremendous man, the best of the best, if he with his skill and negotiating skills cannot get us there, it will not get there, and the markets will do the shot. they do not care a whit about who is president or a whit about democrats or republicans. they care about them, and if anybody cannot figure that out -- they have walks for brains. but senator simpson, you will have the last word here. >> god, i did not want that. >> tell us what will happen to the mar
what do you think it will be if it is not president obama? >> at the beginning of president clinton's first two is now is the opportune time. what we need to do is to quit complaining and pushed these guys to make the compromise they have to make in order to get something real but that puts our fiscal house in order. >> he spent hours and days in his work, the last person to balance the budget in the united states, by working with newt gingrich and dick armey. he often says he only...
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at its peak in the obama administration, there have been 7700 such prosecutions. your argument being that until the obama administration more effectively enforce current gun laws, there may be should not be any new gun laws. i'm curious what your measure of success would be for the justice department once they reach that point. is there a threshold you would like to see them reached before new gun legislation is considered? >> we are not saying that we are not going to be looking at new gun laws. the national instant check system is up for reauthorization at the end of this year. this is a perfect time to look at ways we can improve on the background check system and do more to keep weapons out of the hands of criminals and people with serious mental illness. at the same time, protecting the second amendment rights of law-abiding citizens. when the president comes to the congress for the state of the union address in a very emotional setting, calls for a vote and repeats that over and over again, and his administration has the poorest record in more than a decade
at its peak in the obama administration, there have been 7700 such prosecutions. your argument being that until the obama administration more effectively enforce current gun laws, there may be should not be any new gun laws. i'm curious what your measure of success would be for the justice department once they reach that point. is there a threshold you would like to see them reached before new gun legislation is considered? >> we are not saying that we are not going to be looking at new...
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you're seeing obama's poll numbers come down. i think that's because he's a politician who needs a foil. perhaps the country he looked pretty good compared with mitt romney. but the country doesn't look good compared to where the country should be. when he doesn't have someone to run against, when he doesn't have someone to be the villain and he's just getting judged on his actual performance in the job you'll see his numbers come down. he's doing a terrible terrible job and people know that. >> jimmy williams, i understand the ebb and flow of politics on issues like gun control and immigration and same-sex marriage and all these things come up. but none of that has a thing to do with economic growth and job creation. and i think that's what that quinn p quinnipiac poll shows. when is your man going to come up with a growth plan? >> i would disagree with you, larry, about the immigration part. but i agree with you that gay marriage has absolutely nothing to do with job growth. kevin just mentioned the president needs a foil like
you're seeing obama's poll numbers come down. i think that's because he's a politician who needs a foil. perhaps the country he looked pretty good compared with mitt romney. but the country doesn't look good compared to where the country should be. when he doesn't have someone to run against, when he doesn't have someone to be the villain and he's just getting judged on his actual performance in the job you'll see his numbers come down. he's doing a terrible terrible job and people know that....
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>> for example, what president obama thinks right now. >> they want to know what president obama thinks. >> yes. >> that and more, when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. [ticking] [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get used to this. [ male announcer ] yes, you could business pro. yes, you could. go national. go like a pro. yes, you could. we replaced people with a machine.r, what? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it? hello? hello?! if your bank doesn't let you talk to a real person 24/7, you need an ally. hello? ally bank. your money needs an ally. a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in
>> for example, what president obama thinks right now. >> they want to know what president obama thinks. >> yes. >> that and more, when 60 minutes on cnbc returns. [ticking] [ male announcer ] you are a business pro. omnipotent of opportunity. you know how to mix business... with business. and you...rent from national. because only national lets you choose any car in the aisle. and go. you can even take a full-size or above. and still pay the mid-size price. i could get...
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the obama administration has pushed for tough new sanctions against iran because of that country's efforts to produce nuclear weapons. but as lesley stahl reported in 2010, iran is having no problems getting high tech materials and components through under-the-radar middlemen who run small trading companies around the world, some based in cities right here in the united states. >> are you a procurement agent for iran? >> [chortles] no, that's ridiculous. no. >> but of course that's sort of the implication of the case against you. >> i'm nothing to do with iranian government or things like that at all. >> mohammad vaghari, mitch to his friends, an iranian who's lived in the united states for 15 years, is facing up to 85 years in prison. he and his lawyers are preparing for his trial on charges that he conspired to send u.s. technology to iran through a trading company he set up in his basement apartment in philadelphia. you are charged with trying to buy a centrifuge that could be used to make biological weapons, like anthrax. >> i don't know about that. i'm not a biological expert to tell,
the obama administration has pushed for tough new sanctions against iran because of that country's efforts to produce nuclear weapons. but as lesley stahl reported in 2010, iran is having no problems getting high tech materials and components through under-the-radar middlemen who run small trading companies around the world, some based in cities right here in the united states. >> are you a procurement agent for iran? >> [chortles] no, that's ridiculous. no. >> but of course...
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[applause] [applause] jon: "happening now" at the white house president obama shake hands with a group of first responders that were brought in to serve as a backdrop to his speech railing about the possibility of the sequester that gigantic meat axe that will be swung at the federal budget especially on the pentagon in ten days or so march 1st. that's when it's scheduled to kick in. you heard the president railing about it there. i'm jon scott along with jenna lee. a.b. stoddard is associate editor and a columnist for "the hill." the president railed about congress and this terrible law that was passed without mentioning that it was a white house idea, right? >> right. it is an idea that originated in the white house, but republicans certainly voted for the budget control act in 2011, which included the sequester, because they too thought it could be reversed or undone or replaced. and we're looking 18 months later at -- ten days as you said, not enough time to change these cuts. there is an acceptance in washington in both parties that it's going to go through, and both the white hou
[applause] [applause] jon: "happening now" at the white house president obama shake hands with a group of first responders that were brought in to serve as a backdrop to his speech railing about the possibility of the sequester that gigantic meat axe that will be swung at the federal budget especially on the pentagon in ten days or so march 1st. that's when it's scheduled to kick in. you heard the president railing about it there. i'm jon scott along with jenna lee. a.b. stoddard is...
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and here is president obama. >> good morning, everybody. please have a seat. welcome to the white house. as i said in my state of the union address last week, our top priority must be to do everything we can to grow the economy and create good middle class jobs. that's our top priority. that's our north star. that drives every decision we make. it has to drive every decision that congress and everybody in washington makes over the next several years. and that's why it's so troubling that just ten days from now congress might allow a series of automatic, severe budget cuts to take place that will do the exact opposite. it won't help the economy, it won't create jobs, will visit hardship on a whole lot of people. here is what is at stake. over the last few years both parties have worked together to reduce our deficits by more than $2.5 trillion. more than two third of that was through some pretty tough spending cuts. the rest of it was through raising taxes, tax rates on the wealthist 1% of americans. and together when you take the spending cuts, and the increas
and here is president obama. >> good morning, everybody. please have a seat. welcome to the white house. as i said in my state of the union address last week, our top priority must be to do everything we can to grow the economy and create good middle class jobs. that's our top priority. that's our north star. that drives every decision we make. it has to drive every decision that congress and everybody in washington makes over the next several years. and that's why it's so troubling that...
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i will say obama's a pretty skillful negotiator. the point of the sequester to convince americans that every federal employee is absolutely necessary. if you cut any part of the federal budget you will wait in line at the airport for four hours or your child will not have a first grade teacher that is completely a lie. but as a matter of optics as a propaganda piece i think it is effective. bill: what about that, alan? >> well the, boehner, to talk about leadership, when he keeps pointing fingers, blaming the president, called the president cowardly. he called, let the senate do it. this is a guy who wants to absolve himself of any responsibility. can't keep his own caucus in line. let's not forget this is a republican house that turned down, $2.50 in spending cuts for every dollar in tax revenue. they don't want to close tax loopholes. boehner is calling fingers and the president names. bill: this is also what boehner said at the end. "wall street journal" piece on the screen now. so as the president's outrage about the sequester g
i will say obama's a pretty skillful negotiator. the point of the sequester to convince americans that every federal employee is absolutely necessary. if you cut any part of the federal budget you will wait in line at the airport for four hours or your child will not have a first grade teacher that is completely a lie. but as a matter of optics as a propaganda piece i think it is effective. bill: what about that, alan? >> well the, boehner, to talk about leadership, when he keeps pointing...
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>> visa speeches from obama are being heard -- these speeches from obama are being heard around the world. i think there are more significant. we need a transition to -- there are major economies going and the direction of low carbon. we are pushing the us to go in that direction. there is opportunity for canada to diversify its economy and become low carbon. and europe, they're looking at a directive. there is an opportunity i think to view the developments. is this a momentous change that we are looking at to start driving this? what does that mean for that relationship? i think the economic growth and the job opportunities are much bigger and greater than where we would find the fossil fuels sector. >> rupert murdoch, the guy who owns fox news and the wall street journal, he tweeted against of a keystone and said that we do not need. we have cleaner, natural gas from phrack inc.. -- fracking. what is the implication of this domestic boom? what crowd out the need for energy from canada? what does it mean that the u.s. is talking about being energy independent? >> it was separated into t
>> visa speeches from obama are being heard -- these speeches from obama are being heard around the world. i think there are more significant. we need a transition to -- there are major economies going and the direction of low carbon. we are pushing the us to go in that direction. there is opportunity for canada to diversify its economy and become low carbon. and europe, they're looking at a directive. there is an opportunity i think to view the developments. is this a momentous change...
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austin didn't mention the obama-care tax or payroll tax or any of that. those are all headwinds, too. >> listen, i think the impasse in washington is just crazy right now. i am absolutely for not having the sequestration. it's just too blunt of an object. >> but the two sides have not been able to -- >> zero. >> no common room -- common ground. >> if you could cut 85 you wanted to cut? >> in a nanosecond. >> do you have 85 you want to cut? >> do i know it off the top of my head. i think you need to still hit the revenue side. you need revenues and spending to be that fly% differential, you have to get there. you need revenues up by 18%. >> do you get that growing or additional taxes? >> i don't want to use the word taxes and i'm not trying to -- i don't think we're talking about tax rates here. there are certainly revenue loopholes we could be closing. >> we're supposed to close those to lower marginal rates. >> but we didn't. >> simpson-bowles we were lowering marginal rates and closing loopholes. now, we raise annual rates and you close loopholes. >> it
austin didn't mention the obama-care tax or payroll tax or any of that. those are all headwinds, too. >> listen, i think the impasse in washington is just crazy right now. i am absolutely for not having the sequestration. it's just too blunt of an object. >> but the two sides have not been able to -- >> zero. >> no common room -- common ground. >> if you could cut 85 you wanted to cut? >> in a nanosecond. >> do you have 85 you want to cut? >> do i...
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on board and had to be airlifted out. >> the national rifle association has responded to president obama's call for gun- control vote in congress. he made that call during tuesday's state of the union address. when lapierre spoke at a convention in nashville and the criticized the president for not mentioning security during his state of the union speech. he pitched his idea to have armed security personnel in schools across the country. >> more than 23,000 schools have armed guards. in all 50 states, government officials, local authorities and school districts are considering right now their own initiatives to protect schools with armed security. >> the nra opposes more stringent background checks for gun purchases. some measures such as the resale of stolen weapons are expected to pass in congress. others like an assault weapons ban will likely not pass. >> child advocacy groups have been lobbying lawmakers on capitol hill today. the group is calling on members of congress to a fast track and safety legislation. volunteers are delivering valentine's and teddy bears with a message to prot
on board and had to be airlifted out. >> the national rifle association has responded to president obama's call for gun- control vote in congress. he made that call during tuesday's state of the union address. when lapierre spoke at a convention in nashville and the criticized the president for not mentioning security during his state of the union speech. he pitched his idea to have armed security personnel in schools across the country. >> more than 23,000 schools have armed...
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dumped on obama stabbed him in the back. they never went for anything that he proposed. john boehner then met privately with the president three different occasions three different times. they made a deal. and then john boehner came back to the house. eric cantor said oh, no, you don't, buddy. john boehner reneged on the deal. what is the purpose of meeting with john boehner and mitch mcconnell? nothing is going to happen. the president's put a plan out there. erskine bowles and alan simpson who now are considered the gods of budget deficit they've had the same plan out there. it's gotta be cuts, yes. and it's gotta be new revenue and the republicans are saying no cut cut cut cut cut. no closing the loopholes for oil companies or the wealthiest of americans. any meeting with john boehner and mitch mcconnell a freaking waste of time. 1-866-55-press. don't you think so? haven't we learned that? 1-866-55-press. i think president obama has learned it. he's not just going to have a photo op. have him down there so they look good.
dumped on obama stabbed him in the back. they never went for anything that he proposed. john boehner then met privately with the president three different occasions three different times. they made a deal. and then john boehner came back to the house. eric cantor said oh, no, you don't, buddy. john boehner reneged on the deal. what is the purpose of meeting with john boehner and mitch mcconnell? nothing is going to happen. the president's put a plan out there. erskine bowles and alan simpson...
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president obama's building support for his immigration support plan. he's meeting labors of business and activist groups at the white house. the president will make visit t spring. president obama is also planning to make stops on the west bank of jordan. >>> this is day two of iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad to egypt. the first by an iranian leader in 30 years. at one point he had to leave the mosque when a protester threw a shoe at him. >>> and a mock shooting at school. using it it too dramatic too soon after sandy hook. >>> some lawmakers want to limit governor cuomo's use of his powers. steven mclaughlin said he rejected it the day it was used. >> if that's not dictatorial, i don't know what is. hitler would be proud. mussolini would be proud of what we did here. moscow would be proud but that's not democracy. >> the comments were immediately rejected by leaders of both parties and mclawn lynn apologized. >>> we have spectacular images of nasa of the spiral galaxy 20 mill light years from earth. abbott center is a massive black hole. >>> oth
president obama's building support for his immigration support plan. he's meeting labors of business and activist groups at the white house. the president will make visit t spring. president obama is also planning to make stops on the west bank of jordan. >>> this is day two of iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad to egypt. the first by an iranian leader in 30 years. at one point he had to leave the mosque when a protester threw a shoe at him. >>> and a mock shooting at...
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president obama calling on congress to avoid cuts that could jeopardize jobs in just 23 days. >> the jobs of thousands of americans who can work in national security -- who work in national security or education or clean energy. >> reporter: under the terms of earlier deficit deals, congress will find $85 million in reductions by march 1st. if not, they would shrink pentagon spending by 7.9% and domidwesting spending by 5.3% and medicare a 2% reduction. >> i believe they should pass a smaller package of spending cuts and tax reforms that would delay the economically damaging affects of the sequester for a few more mots until congress finds a way. >> reporter: the president wants to raise more money by ending tax loopholes, but republicans want deeper entitlement cuts. >> if we're going to connect with the american people, it's important that they see not only that we're serious about solving our debt problems. >> a studdie by george mason university estimated 448,000 jobs could be affected in d.c., maryland, and virginia. for months, defense contractors have pleaded for action. >> we
president obama calling on congress to avoid cuts that could jeopardize jobs in just 23 days. >> the jobs of thousands of americans who can work in national security -- who work in national security or education or clean energy. >> reporter: under the terms of earlier deficit deals, congress will find $85 million in reductions by march 1st. if not, they would shrink pentagon spending by 7.9% and domidwesting spending by 5.3% and medicare a 2% reduction. >> i believe they...
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obama has been less than supportive. he'll also visit the west bank and jordan. >>> now to the budget. the president is proposing another stop gap measure due to kick in next month. it will temporarily deal with the so-called sequester, include a revenue increase. it's been getting a frosty welcome from republicans though. danielle nottingham has that story. >> reporter: president obama is calling for automatic stop to across the board spending. >> our economy is headed in the right direction and it will stay that way as long as there aren't any more self-inflicted wounds coming out of washington. >> reporter: last year they signed off on automatic cuts to force themselves to deal with the skyrocketing national debt. when they couldn't reach a larger budget then, they postponed it to march 1st. the white house wants another short term fix to head off the fragile economy and give lawmakers more time to work out a ten-year plan. >> we should give them a chance to come up with a budget instead of making indiscriminate cuts
obama has been less than supportive. he'll also visit the west bank and jordan. >>> now to the budget. the president is proposing another stop gap measure due to kick in next month. it will temporarily deal with the so-called sequester, include a revenue increase. it's been getting a frosty welcome from republicans though. danielle nottingham has that story. >> reporter: president obama is calling for automatic stop to across the board spending. >> our economy is headed in...
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obama makes news in his cbs interview. should scouting be open to gays? and byron pitts tells us how a killer once committed to a mental hospital got a permit by- to-buy 15 guns. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the f.b.i. has stormed an underground shelter today, shooting to death a kidnapper and freeing a five-year-old boy unharmed. the boy, whose first name is ethan, had been held for seven days outside midland city, alabama. the family allowed us to show you his picture. the police say that ethan was kidnapped last tuesday from a school bus by 65-year-old jimmy lee dykes who neighbors have described as belligerent. mark strassmann is on the scene
obama makes news in his cbs interview. should scouting be open to gays? and byron pitts tells us how a killer once committed to a mental hospital got a permit by- to-buy 15 guns. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. the f.b.i. has stormed an underground shelter today, shooting to death a kidnapper and freeing a five-year-old boy unharmed. the boy, whose first name is ethan, had been held for seven days outside...
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president obama will present the awards to americans committed to public service. in year's recipient's are mary gomez and terry shim a will receive the honor. he's an army veteran. congratulations to them. >> huge honor. big deal for sure. coming up on 4:31 on this friday morning. the weekend is finally here. not too cold a start for a nice friday. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein to see how the weather is shaping up. >> we've had clouds roll n temperatures are down near freezing. but we have a light wind. so it's feeling more like a typical february morning. right now, it's in the low to mid-30s in montgomery county. much of prince george's county low to mid-30s. mid-30s in the district of columbia. virginia, arlington, fauquier, stafford, spotsylvania, upper 20s to right around 30 degrees. so it's a cold start this morning. an hour by hour through the morning hours, we'll have our temperatures holding steady through 7:00. mid-30s by 8:00 a.m. soaring to near 50 degrees by noontime. sunrise this morning at 6:59. the sunset at 5:46. hometown foreca
president obama will present the awards to americans committed to public service. in year's recipient's are mary gomez and terry shim a will receive the honor. he's an army veteran. congratulations to them. >> huge honor. big deal for sure. coming up on 4:31 on this friday morning. the weekend is finally here. not too cold a start for a nice friday. >> let's check in with meteorologist tom kierein to see how the weather is shaping up. >> we've had clouds roll n temperatures...
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president obama is building support for his immigration support plan. meeting at the white house as they create a guest worker program to allow future immigrants to come to the u.s. legally. the president will make his first visit to israel this spring for talks that might repair a strange relationship. >>> modesto, california, reaction to police staging a mock massacre at a school to teach students and staff how to stop an attack like the shootings in connecticut. critics are saying, though, using fake blood and pretending to shoot the shooters is too traumatic after sandy hook. >>> charged with new crimes. bobbie jo maxwell will answer for three new murders. investigators say maxwell was the skid row stabber from the 1970s. >>> some new york state republican lawmakers want to limit governor andrew cuomo's use of his powers to pass the strongest gun control move in the country. steven mclaughlin object to voting on the bill the same night it was introduced. >> don't question it, just vote. that's basically the message here. hitler would be proud, musso
president obama is building support for his immigration support plan. meeting at the white house as they create a guest worker program to allow future immigrants to come to the u.s. legally. the president will make his first visit to israel this spring for talks that might repair a strange relationship. >>> modesto, california, reaction to police staging a mock massacre at a school to teach students and staff how to stop an attack like the shootings in connecticut. critics are saying,...
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the cost for access to president obama, half a billion dollars a year. here to weigh and, welcome to both of you. we will start with you. what is your reaction to this? >> i think the president had long ago sacrificed any claim that he had to the moral high ground on campaign finance. a guy who ran for office in 2008 saying that he was so opposed to money corrupting politics that he would not even have lobbyists in his administration anywhere. those who did had to have a special waiver. this has now gone. there is no pretense that he is doing this anymore. asked about this the other day, someone asked him pre directly held this is not pay to play. a very difficult time answering for four minutes and 30 seconds time to come up with the defense that it was not pay to play. gerri: you look at this. you know about fund-raising because your a fund-raiser for both mitt romney and george bush, as they understand it. does this meet your standard? >> i think it is really remarkable because here is president obama campaigned that he will change washington and what
the cost for access to president obama, half a billion dollars a year. here to weigh and, welcome to both of you. we will start with you. what is your reaction to this? >> i think the president had long ago sacrificed any claim that he had to the moral high ground on campaign finance. a guy who ran for office in 2008 saying that he was so opposed to money corrupting politics that he would not even have lobbyists in his administration anywhere. those who did had to have a special waiver....
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obama had to clean the clock of the republicans on the hispanic vote. this was a hispanic vote that during the democratic primaries in 2008, obama was struggling. hillary was the candid. four years later we don't even, that seems like a ridiculous premise, but that was a real premise in 2008. i think the 71, that's what -- big deals happen in washington when there's benefit on both sides. and republicans, the leadership knows it. it's going to happen. >> it's such a contrast with what's happening with the budget agreement. >> but they don't see an upside to raising taxes for them. and they're right, on the politics, they're right. >> they don't need to. >> they're right on the politics and so you get into sequester. >> i know. >> what's going on at the moment -- >> government workers getting laid off, do you think there's unpopular? >> if you're eric cantor, it might be. you're trying to get the other side to take the blame for the sequester. and i think when you get into the actual laying off of people all over the country, not just in virginia, i thin
obama had to clean the clock of the republicans on the hispanic vote. this was a hispanic vote that during the democratic primaries in 2008, obama was struggling. hillary was the candid. four years later we don't even, that seems like a ridiculous premise, but that was a real premise in 2008. i think the 71, that's what -- big deals happen in washington when there's benefit on both sides. and republicans, the leadership knows it. it's going to happen. >> it's such a contrast with what's...
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. >>> the obama administration sounding the sequester alarm today. ought mat hick across the board spending cuts are scheduled to kick in. students could be at risk if those cuts go through. in addition to air traffic, housing and boarder security. >> it would mean fewer teachers to educate our children. less funding for schools to help disadvantaged students for children with disabilities. >> no amount of planning can mitigate the negative affects on the security of the country. >> the is he questionster was enacted during the 2011 debt ceiling negotiations and only to happen if law makers failed to agree. clearly, that's the case. meanwhile, president obama taking state of the union address to the road. he met with students and teachers at the college heights early education program. plans for increasing pre-school education. the president highlighted the program during his address tuesday night. today he emphasized earlier a child begins learning, the better he or she does down the road. >> the kids we saw today that i had a chance to spend time w
. >>> the obama administration sounding the sequester alarm today. ought mat hick across the board spending cuts are scheduled to kick in. students could be at risk if those cuts go through. in addition to air traffic, housing and boarder security. >> it would mean fewer teachers to educate our children. less funding for schools to help disadvantaged students for children with disabilities. >> no amount of planning can mitigate the negative affects on the security of the...
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president obama says early childhood education is a worthwhile investment. he's pushing to make quality affordable preschool available to all the 4-year-olds across the country. the president took that message to a school in decatur, georgia today. he told the audience that education has to start at the earliest possible age. it's the plan that he pitched in the state of the union address earlier this week. >> most middle class parents can't afford a few hundred bucks a week for private preschool. and for the poor children who need it the most, the lack of access to a preschool education can have an impact on their entire lives. we all pay a price for that. >> the president also visited the college heights -- he received a round of hugs. it's his second day on the road following the state of the union address. he's out to promote initiatives in his second term. >> virginia's so-called tebow bill has been sacked for a second year in a row. it would have been allowed home-schooled children to play sports at schools they don't attend. the bill failed on a 7-8 v
president obama says early childhood education is a worthwhile investment. he's pushing to make quality affordable preschool available to all the 4-year-olds across the country. the president took that message to a school in decatur, georgia today. he told the audience that education has to start at the earliest possible age. it's the plan that he pitched in the state of the union address earlier this week. >> most middle class parents can't afford a few hundred bucks a week for private...
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. >>> president obama has made his first trip outside the beltway to push his new campaign to curb gun violence. he traveled to minneapolis once nicknamed murderapolis because of all the shooting deaths. the president praised the city's turnaround. president obama needs congress in his corner to see some of the same things occur nationwide. >> i need everybody who is listening toeep pressure on your congress member to do the right thing. >> this is the first of several trips the president plans to make to put public pressure on a sharply divided congress. >>> an undercover wusa9 investigation airing tonight finds black passengers more likely to be ignored and wait longer for d.c. taxis. investigative reporter russ ptacek has the hidden camera footage, but you're also trying to empower consumers to stop this. >> all of our stuff is caught on tape and tonight at 11:00 we're launching a new mobile tool that will allow passengers to do it, too and document and report cabbies breaking d.c.'s laws to serve all equally. 25% of black passengers in our test were ignored by taxis in favor of whi
. >>> president obama has made his first trip outside the beltway to push his new campaign to curb gun violence. he traveled to minneapolis once nicknamed murderapolis because of all the shooting deaths. the president praised the city's turnaround. president obama needs congress in his corner to see some of the same things occur nationwide. >> i need everybody who is listening toeep pressure on your congress member to do the right thing. >> this is the first of several...
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president obama will spend another day pushing the agenda in tuesday's state of the union address. he will talk about education when he visits a georgia school today and then will return to the white house for a google+ fireside hangout. american and u.s. airways set to announce this morning they will merge to form the world's largest airline. the new airline would keep the american name. critics say the merger could mean less competition as well as higher fares. >> around the nation, the carnival cruise ship stranded in the gulf of mexico is expected to arrive in mobile, alabama this afternoon. the company's acknowledges the cruise ship triumph was placed in the past by other mechanical problems before sunday's engine fire. company has canceled 12 more planned voyages. more than 4000 people are on board the stranded ship. basic conditions are dismal and that they have limited access to food and bathrooms. the remains found inside a burning cabin in big bear, california, still have not been identified. police say that all evidence points to christopher dorner. former lapd officer a
president obama will spend another day pushing the agenda in tuesday's state of the union address. he will talk about education when he visits a georgia school today and then will return to the white house for a google+ fireside hangout. american and u.s. airways set to announce this morning they will merge to form the world's largest airline. the new airline would keep the american name. critics say the merger could mean less competition as well as higher fares. >> around the nation, the...
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. >>> all that -- >> the second obama term is starting out with bangor two. >> michelle obama's formal portrait. >> a former senator now admitting he had a secret love child with the daughter of another former senator. >> when did the senate become "the jerry springer show?" when did that happen? >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> a woman called 911 because she needed cigarettes. >> hello. i need some cigarettes. >> you don't see me calling 911 because i ran out of jokes. not anymore, anyway. captioning funded by cbs >>> welcome to "cbs this morning." a storm is threatening nearly 30 million people in the midwest. it could be the worst weather to hit the region in 20 years. there are white outconditions. people in kansas are being urged to stay off the road. one person has been killed in a storm related crash in oklahoma. in the west it snowed in tucson, arizona. look at this. the world golf championship was suspended. blizzard warnings were posted in parts of arizona. >> we have a big mess in the midwest as you have been alluding to. here's what it looks like on the radar this morning. t
. >>> all that -- >> the second obama term is starting out with bangor two. >> michelle obama's formal portrait. >> a former senator now admitting he had a secret love child with the daughter of another former senator. >> when did the senate become "the jerry springer show?" when did that happen? >> -- on "cbs this morning." >> a woman called 911 because she needed cigarettes. >> hello. i need some cigarettes. >> you...
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he's currently on suicide watch. >>> president obama on a crusade now to curb gun violence. today he made his first trip outside the beltway pushing his new campaign. he was off to minneapolis, once nicknamed murder apolis because they had some shooting deaths. he praised the city's turn around achieved in part through tougher background checks and more men for at risk youth and offenders. that's what president obama hopes to see nationwide, but he will need the congress in his corner. >> i need everybody who's listening to keep the pressure on your member of congress to do the right thing. >> this is the first of several trips the president plans to make to hopefully put pressure on a sharply divided congress. >>> new tonight, a little breather for the nation, at least financially speaking. president obama has signed into law a bill that temporarily suspends the government's borrowing limit. that means we can actually pay our bills and avoid defaulting on those loans at least for a few more months. of course, all that does is set the stage for another political battle over
he's currently on suicide watch. >>> president obama on a crusade now to curb gun violence. today he made his first trip outside the beltway pushing his new campaign. he was off to minneapolis, once nicknamed murder apolis because they had some shooting deaths. he praised the city's turn around achieved in part through tougher background checks and more men for at risk youth and offenders. that's what president obama hopes to see nationwide, but he will need the congress in his corner....
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president obama is building support for the immigration reform plan. he is meeting with leaders of the white house an they create a guest worker program to allow future immigrants to come to the u.s. legally. the president will make the first visit to israel this spring for tauctionz that might repair a strained relationship of benjamin netanyahu. the president also is planning to make stops in the west bank in jordan. >>> this is day two of the iranian leader ahmadinejad's visit to egypt. a protester threw a shoe at him. >>> in california, reaction to police stocking a mock massacre in a school to teach students how to stop an attack like the shootings in connecticut. critics say that using fake blood and pretending to kill the shooters is too traumatic so soon after sandy hook. >>> some new york state republican lawmakers want to limit governor andrew cuomo's use of powers to pass the strongest gun control law in the country. stephen mick glock lyn say they object to voting on the bill the same night it was introduced. >> just don't question it. just
president obama is building support for the immigration reform plan. he is meeting with leaders of the white house an they create a guest worker program to allow future immigrants to come to the u.s. legally. the president will make the first visit to israel this spring for tauctionz that might repair a strained relationship of benjamin netanyahu. the president also is planning to make stops in the west bank in jordan. >>> this is day two of the iranian leader ahmadinejad's visit to...
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. >>> president obama will be at the white house this morning to honor 18 people with the 2012 presidential citizens medal. it's the second highest civilian honor in the nation and given to those who perform extraordinary acts to help their fellow citizens. among those being honored, the six teachers and administrators killed in last year's elementary school shooting in connecticut. several d.c.-area residents will be honored as well. >>> also making headlines this morning, a move by metro to convince the fbi to set up shop in prince george's county. it is not sitting well with everyone. >>> and the d.c. favorites is expanding, ben's chili bowl opening a new location in the area. we'll have more on that when we return. time now 5:38. [ male announcer ] pillsbury grands biscuits. delicious. but say i press a few out flat... add some beef sloppy joe sauce... and cheese fold it all up and boom! i just made an unbeatable unsloppy joe pillsbury grands biscuits. let the making begin. [ male announcer ] listen to this symphony of flavor: crrkkhshziiiizzlllee. beautiful. shhhhshshshshhshshhhhhsshhh
. >>> president obama will be at the white house this morning to honor 18 people with the 2012 presidential citizens medal. it's the second highest civilian honor in the nation and given to those who perform extraordinary acts to help their fellow citizens. among those being honored, the six teachers and administrators killed in last year's elementary school shooting in connecticut. several d.c.-area residents will be honored as well. >>> also making headlines this morning, a...
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. >> president obama gave his first state of the union address of his second term last night. the topics range from the war on terror, cyber defense, gun control to the economy and our looming deficit. the speech made some waves. gop leaders are responding to the president's stance on minimum wage and passing gun control. >> when you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? you get less of it. >> i do wish the cheer leading would stop and the prosecutions begin. >> the president is taking his ideas on the road now. he spoke with workers at a manufacturing plant in north carolina today. he'll be in georgia tomorrow and in his home state on friday. >> nothing has frustrated me more than false choices like the one the president laid out tonight. the choice isn't just between big government or big business. >> it was the water break seen across the country. florida senator delivered the republican response to president obama's state of the union but he may be remembered for that just a quick water break during rubio's rebutle he wiped away sweat and grabbed water bottle.
. >> president obama gave his first state of the union address of his second term last night. the topics range from the war on terror, cyber defense, gun control to the economy and our looming deficit. the speech made some waves. gop leaders are responding to the president's stance on minimum wage and passing gun control. >> when you raise the price of employment, guess what happens? you get less of it. >> i do wish the cheer leading would stop and the prosecutions begin....
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and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller military that will do fewer things and go to fewer places. so that is the kind of book i wanted to write. i thought that i should do it even though others have really had ma named a lot of this. i am sure you are familiar with the work of d-nd for example, who wrote things such as the american empire and years before that, john neuhaus, one of my favorite writers wrote in imperial america and other books have dealt with this with an unusual background in the sense that i spent 42 years in the government and the state department, defense department and the cia have security clearances for that entire len
and as an obama supporter of course i was shocked to find out who was crowned be kept on as obama secretary of defense but when he told people i found interesting and was the major reason i wanted to write this book and what he said was we are moving towards a smaller military that will do fewer things and be able to go fewer places which he felt was a terrible thing and he added i don't want to be a part of that kind of system that is going to retrench. my feeling has been we need a smaller...